The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-31
EmpOrla as She Appears in the Eyes
Of Noted Kansas Preacher.
A Splendid Recommendation From the
Pen Of Rev. q. Cordlsy, D. D.
Her Advantages From 3 Religious and
Educational Standpoint,
Not Forgetting 9 Good Words for Her
Great Business Prospects.
An Article Well Worth Perusing by
All Who Read The News.

visit my former parish at Emporia.
Here had spent six Of the busiest, and,
in some respects, the pleasantest years
of my life-pleasantest because busy,
and all the buster no doubt, because
pleasant. My Emporia passionate was
fortunate in its time and all its circum-
stances, and its memory is unmarried
by a single unpleasantness. I count
myself particularly fortunate in my
successor, who has not only kept the
work moving on, but who has added
an impulse of his own. Rev. F. T.
ingalls, is the brother of the new presi-
dent Of the senate, though out here we
reverse the terms, and say the senator
is his brother. He is fully the equal of
the senator in polish of style and fine
ness of taste, while his earnest and
hearty manner wins to him all who
know him. The last year in the church
has been marked by the extinguish-
ment of their debt and the purchase Of
a fine pipe organ. The church is pros
pering in all departments, and the Sun
day school is especially f1ourishing.
Emporia is one of the old towns Of
Kansas. It is situated at the junction
of two rivers, and so draws the trade of
two extensive and exceedingly rich
valleys. It is the center Of a large cat
tie trade, which has been one of the
main elements in its prosperity. 1t has
never had a great boom" but has
been marked by steady progress from
year to year. Its founders were men
of energy and large ideas. Among
them was Senator Plumb, who went
thirty years ago, printer boy, and
there laid the foundations both of his
fortune and his reputation. They claim
that the first school bonds in Kansas
were voted there. They have as fine a
system of public schools as can be
found anywhere. Here, too, is the
State Normal school, which fairly
swarms with students, having over
seven hundred in buildings designed
for four hundred. President Taylar is
one of those rare men, who, without
any pretence or ostentation. exerts an
influence which, like the air, is equal
in all directions. Under his quiet
guidance. everything moves on with
out Jar or hindrance. In a way to
which none can take exception, he
manages to exert a powerful religious
influence all about him. It was
beautiful sight to see him in the Con.
gregational Sunday school, teaching
ton Of young men and women.
In Emporia, too, the PresbyterianS
have located their college. 1t is only
about four years old, but it has been
ably managed and has good promise.
1t is the first college which grew from
what may be called the Presbyterian
Educational Renaissance, and is feel
ing the impulse OF the new movement.
In sermon on education, recently, DR..
Hall Of New York named Emporia Col
lege first on list of institutions to be
fostered by their church. The presi-
dent, Rev. DR.. Hendy, was formerly
pastor of the church at Emporia, and
Is man Of fine culture and admirable
spirit. Congregationally, Emporia has
| a greater importance on account of its
large Welsh population. a large and
tied south of Emporia many years ago,
and there are several thousand in the
county. Naturally many of these have
come into town, and are among the
leading business men. The Welsh
Congregational church has over $50
members and comprises good deal of
wealth and talent. They have beau
services with great earnestness. AS in
other Welsh communities, the chang
| ing of the language is great embarrass-
ment. Thew are trying to meet 1t by
having services both in Welsh and
English, their pastor, Rev. ID. A. Ev-
| ans, being equally fluent in either
tongue. They are thus largely holding
| the children who prefer English, and
satisfying the parents who enjoy only
Welsh. They are also drawing into
their services some English families
who live near by. There is another
large Welsh church three miles south
OF Emporia, to which Rev. Henry Rees
ministers.
Emporia just now is falling into line
| with other Kansas towns and is having
| a boom" Like the rest, she is ex-
pecting three new railroads, and feels
sure Of being the metropolis Of the val
| ley. She gives a reason, too, for the
faith that is in her. The great Santa
Fee road necessarily ceDters much of its
1 interests there, as its lines branch out
| In five directions from that point. Its
location, too, puts it the line of any
new roads towards the southwest. AS
the Santa Fe goes Chicago, all the
other lines are coming into Kansas, the
Rock Island. the st. Paul, the Alton
and the Burlington roads. The Santa
Fe has become rich from the Kansas
traffic. Heretofore the other roads
were content to take 1t from her at
Kansas City. But with her own line
| to Chicago, it only remains for these
other roads to compete with her On
Kansas soil. So 1t Is predicted that
the coming season will witness an
amount Of railroad building In Kansas
beyond anything ever known. As
these great roads reach for the cattle
ranches and cornf1elds Of the southwest
Emporia is almost of necessity point
on their lines. So she is expectant
and hopeful, and is projecting large
things. Her population has increased
from 8, 800 to 1900 in less than ter
years.
Lawrence, Kansas.